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How would this look if the paint were washed off, or never applied in the first place?

See for example the vulture with outstretched wing: does it look like it was every fully painted? Unfinished work is commonplace.

You may like to note that we have here another example of the word “khet”, this time with the usual determinative (and the plural determinative as well). Same meaning as in the abbreviated writing: “offerings”.

You’ve got this backwards: there is nothing supporting your position. The palaeography is clear: “Khufu” would be carved exactly as we see in the king list.

Your attempt to conjure up a different conclusion, by waving your hands, speculating and thumping a tub labelled “common sense”: that’s distraction.